Independent (UK)

Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:41
The violence-torn Horn of Africa is seeing a fresh wave of repression as Ethiopian authorities crack down on protests by the country’s largest ethnic minority.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:23
The Nigerian-based terror group, also known as Islamic State’s West’s Africa province (ISWAP), was responsible for 6,644 deaths in 2014. In comparison, Isis is believed to have killed 6,073 people in the same period. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the group, also known as the Islamic State, in March of this year.
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 07:12
Saudi Arabia has threatened to spark a new kind of nuclear arms race in the Middle East, setting out a bullish stance ahead of a rare, high-profile meeting of the U.S. and its Gulf allies at Camp David.
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 06:34
“We teach them that what they are doing is a total misunderstanding of the Islamic religion, that Prophet Mohamed was compassionate, he even lived together with the non-Muslims in Medina,” said the headteacher Sulaiman Saiki. “We teach them tolerance.”
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 00:00
Mr Pena's campaign all but admits that his preferred strategy when it comes to challenging the heads of the cartels is negotiation rather than following President Calderon's approach.
Monday, June 4, 2012 - 00:00
Exhausted by the war on drugs, the country is on the verge of electing the PRI, a party notorious for its autocratic, corruption-plagued rule.